Increase of mutations associated with SP resistance in Plasmodium falciparum isolates collected during pregnancy in Nanoro, Burkina Faso
Pregnant women are a high risk group forPlasmodium falciparuminfections,which may result in maternalanemia and low birth weight newborns, among other adversebirth outcomes. Intermittent preventive treatment withsulfadoxine-pyrimethamine during pregnancy (IPTp-SP) is widelyimplemented to prevent thes...
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Wiley
2017
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